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Adopt a resolution accepting the Tentative Agreement with the Teamsters Union Local #856 (“L856”), regarding Unit 14 Correctional Supervisors for a successor Memorandum of Understanding for the term April 7, 2026, through October 28, 2028; Approve Side Letter Agreements to the Memorandum of Understanding to be entered into with the Teamsters Local #856 regarding Unit 14 concerning Base Wage Increase Re-opener, Pay Parity, Concealed Carry Weapons Training and Classification Study; Direct the Director of Human Resources to prepare a separate Memorandum of Understanding consistent with each of the tentative agreements and obtain the signatures of the relevant signatories for L856; and Delegate authority to the County Administrative Officer or Director of Human Resources to execute the final Memorandum of Understanding and make technical, non-substantive adjustments
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DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATION:
The Director of Human Resources recommends that the Board of Supervisors:
1. Adopt a resolution accepting the Tentative Agreement with the Teamsters Union Local #856, regarding Unit 14 for a successor Memorandum of Understanding for the term April 7, 2026, through October 28, 2028; and
2. Approve Side Letter Agreements to the Memorandum of Understanding to be entered into with the Teamsters Union Local #856 regarding Unit 14 Correctional Supervisors concerning Base Wage Increase Re-opener, Pay Parity, Concealed Carry Weapons Training and Classification Study; and
3. Direct the Director of Human Resources to prepare a separate Memorandum of Understanding consistent with each of the Tentative Agreements and obtain the signatures of the relevant signatories for L856; and
4. Delegate authority to the County Administrative Officer or Director of Human Resources to execute the final Memorandum of Understanding and make technical, non-substantive adjustments.
SUMMARY:
Solano County and the Teamsters Union Local #856, representing Bargaining Unit 14 Correctional Supervisors, have met and conferred in good faith regarding the terms for the successor collective bargaining Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to replace the previous MOU which expired October 25, 2025. The representatives for the parties have reached total tentative agreements for a successor MOU to be effective April 7, 2026, through October 28, 2028 upon approval by the Board of Supervisors. Unit 14 has ratified the terms of the tentative agreements.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
Adoption of the new collective bargaining agreement for Unit 14 is projected to increase payroll costs by a total of $1,058,335 through October 28, 2028. Of this total cost, $96,097 is during Fiscal Year 2025/26, $320,865 is during Fiscal Year 2026/27, $535,813 is during Fiscal Year 2027/28, and $105,560 is during Fiscal Year 2028/29.
DISCUSSION:
Representatives of the County and the Teamsters Union Local #856 have met and conferred in good faith regarding wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment.
The representatives for the parties have reached tentative agreements on the following changes for Unit 14:
1. Term of Agreement: The collective bargaining agreements will be effective April 7, 2026, through October 28, 2028.
2. Wages: Effective April 12, 2026, employees receive a three percent (3%) base wage increase. Effective concurrent with the wage increase, active employees receive a lump sum payment of one thousand dollars ($1,000) (See pay parity under section 4 below). Part-time employees receive a pro-rated amount based on the employee’s full-time equivalence.
Effective the beginning of the twenty-sixth (26th) pay period following the three percent (3%) wage increase, employees receive a two percent (2%) base wage increase. Effective concurrent with the wage increase, active employees shall receive a lump sum payment of five hundred dollars ($500). Part-time employees will receive a pro-rated amount based on the employee’s full-time equivalence.
Effective the beginning of the twenty-sixth (26th) pay period following the two percent (2%) wage increase, employees receive a one percent (1%) base wage increase.
3. Health Insurance/Cafeteria Plan: The County provides health insurance through CalPERS’ Public Employees’ Medical and Hospital Care Act (PEMCHA, or PERS Health Program). The County’s maximum premium contribution for health insurance/cafeteria plan will be set at eighty percent (80%) of the PEMCHA Region 1 Kaiser Permanente family rate minus the PEMCHA MEC for the 2026, 2027, and 2028 benefit rates, effective May 1, 2026. The County will contribute fifty dollars ($50.00) per month into the Cafeteria Plan for employees who elect employee plus two or more dependents, effective the month of April 2026; this provision will sunset in October 2028.
4. Other Items:
• Increased maximum vacation accrual cap by forty (40) hours.
• Updated Bereavement Leave section to add grandparents to leave for reproductive loss for a maximum of twenty-four (24) hours of leave. Additionally, bereavement leave must be taken within six (6) months following the loss.
• Updated language for tuition reimbursement to clarify “passing grade”, to provide for credit/no credit courses when required as a milestone to graduate from program, defined the number of non-traditional self-paced courses that can be taken within a four-month period within the fiscal year.
• Provided an increase to the annual uniform allowance from one thousand two-hundred dollars ($1,200) to one thousand four-hundred forty dollars ($1,440).
• Proposed Side Letter - the Parties agreed to pay parity, to provide an increase to the general wage increase received by Unit 14 if any other represented bargaining units negotiate a higher general wage increase, including any one-time cash payments offered to those groups, and shall have the option to elect to accept the same one-time cash payment under the terms proposed by the County (i.e. an increase of $200 in the lump sum payment effective April 12, 2026).
• Proposed Side Letter - the representatives for the parties reached tentative agreement to allow for reopening of negotiations on the “Year Three (2028)” base wage rate increase, solely for the limited purpose of discussing potential modification to the year three base wage rate increase, if any.
• Proposed Side Letter - the Parties agreed to conduct a classification study to research which agencies within the County’s current list of comparable agencies have job classification comparable to Custody Sergeant and Custody Lieutenant to identify the compensation received by persons in those positions at the other agencies.
• Proposed Side Letter - the Parties agreed to meet and confer on the topic of Concealed Carry Weapon Training, with the first meeting to occur no later than the end of April 2026, and the side letter to expire with the MOU October 28, 2028.
County staff and labor representatives are in the process of preparing the written successor MOU to reflect the approved Tentative Agreements. Delegating authority to the County Administrative Officer or Director of Human Resources to execute the final MOU will allow timely implementation once the documents are complete, without requiring additional Board action so long as the final MOU are consistent with the terms approved in the attached Tentative Agreements.
ALTERNATIVES:
The Board could elect to not adopt the resolution accepting the Tentative Agreement with Unit 14; however, this option is not recommended as the representatives for the parties have met and conferred in good faith pursuant to the Meyers-Milias-Brown Act and have reached tentative agreement, and the Tentative Agreement was negotiated within the parameters previously provided by the Board to its negotiation team. Additionally, employees represented by the Correctional Supervisors, Teamsters Local #856 have ratified the terms of the Tentative Agreement. If any conflicts exist between the terms recited in this agenda item and a Tentative Agreement, the Tentative Agreement shall take precedence.
OTHER AGENCY INVOLVEMENT:
The negotiations of the successor collective bargaining agreements were through a collaborative effort by the County and the Correctional Supervisors, Teamsters Local #856, Unit 14, the County Administrator’s Office, applicable County Departments, the Auditor-Controller’s Office, and County Counsel.
CAO RECOMMENDATION:
APPROVE DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATION